Danané Explained

Danané
Settlement Type:City, sub-prefecture, and commune
Pushpin Map:Ivory Coast
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ivory Coast
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Montagnes
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Tonkpi
Subdivision Type3:Department
Subdivision Name3:Danané
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:683
Population As Of:2021 census
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Note:(2014 census)
Population Total:131586
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:City
Population Blank1:60645[2]
Population Blank2 Title:Ethnicities
Timezone:GMT
Utc Offset:+0
Coordinates:7.2667°N -18°W

Danané is a city in the far west of Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Danané Department in Tonkpi Region, Montagnes District. Danané is also a commune. The city is 25 kilometres east of the border with Liberia, 30 kilometres south of the border with Guinea, and 45 kilometres southeast of the Guinea–Ivory Coast–Liberia tripoint.

Because Danané is close to the Guinean and Liberian borders, it became a destination for refugees during the Liberian Civil War. By the end of 1999, the town of Danané had overgrown its boundaries and swallowed up a number of small villages around it. Many Liberians who were resettled around the world resided in Danané for a period of time.

In 2021, the population of the sub-prefecture of Danané was 131,586.[1]

Villages

The fifty four villages of the sub-prefecture of Danané and their population in 2014 are:[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ivorycoast/sub/admin/ Citypopulation.de
  2. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ivorycoast/cities/ Citypopulation.de
  3. Web site: RGPH 2014, Répertoire des localités, Région Tonkpi. ins.ci. 5 August 2019.